West Philadelphia Erie R R Eastern Standard Schedule
Railroad timetable fragment shows arrival and departure for the West Philadelphia and Erie routes. Listings include multiple trains with arrival times such as 7:00 am 9:00 am and afternoon departures 1:25 pm 5:40 pm and 8:05 pm. Sunday services include trains 3 and 4 with 1:37 pm and 5:40 pm respectively.
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Philadelphia & Erie R. R
Eastern Standard
New York
Pennsylvania
R. BR. West
Expres
Pennsylvania R R Time Table 1890 Eastward and Westward trains
Time table effective Nov 23 1890 shows eastward trains to Sheffield Harrisburg Philadelphia New York with Pullman accommodations and through coaches Erie Williamsport and Washington connections. Westward trains to Erie Kane Warren from New York Philadelphia Washington Baltimore with through sleepers noted. Officials Chas E Pugh and J Kr Wood listed as Genl Manager and Genl Passenger Agent.
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Sheffield
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Washington
Pullman
Erie
Williamsort
Kane
Warren
Williiumsport
Ridgway
Chas. E. Pugh
J. KR. Wood
Gen
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Rail Schedule
Time tables for the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad show trains No.3 No.1 No.7 No.4 operating south and north with listed stopping points including Fredonia Frewsburg Warren and Titusville. Train No.3 runs daily and Train No.4 daily except Sunday with connections to Lake Shore Erie Railways at Dunkirk and to Jamestown and Bradford at Junction. C H Ketcham superintendent and C E Batcheller agent noted in Warren.
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Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburgh
R. R
Eastern Standard
Expres
Expres Aswiscossace
Fredonia
Balooner
Aim A & GW Cross
Frewsburg
Pentonville
Ackley’s
Russellburg
North Warren
Warren
Jackson
Ami
Ervington
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Garland
Grand Valley
Titusville Ly
Norri
Titusville
Giraud Valley
Irvington
N. Warren
Russell
Ackley
Fentonville
Junction
Sinclairville
Casada
Lake Shore and Erie Railways
Jamestown
Bradford
C.H. Ketcham
C. E. Batcheller
Trains Schedule Warren to Kinzua Bradford Sala Manca Olean
Daily train service runs from Warren to Kinzua Bradford Sala Manca and Olean each day except Sunday with departures listed at 4 4 AM 6 27 PM.
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Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Campaign Opens as Republican Leaders Rally Support in State
Campaign correspondence from Philadelphia reports Watres and Kerr steering a unified field with robust volunteer effort. Magee Hastings and Cooper pledge backing for Morrison and Gregg while veterans, alumni, and county leaders vow loyal turnout across Pennsylvania before election day.
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Philadelphia
State Committee
Kerr
South Penn Square
Waitres
Continental
Watres
Chris Magee
Hastings
Cooper
Magee
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Morrison
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Lehigh County
Allentown
Beaver
Gregg
Cessna
Bedford
Garfield
William Lilly
Carbon
Davies
Bradford
Reeder
Northampton
E. K. Martin
Lancaster
Hood
Indiana
McCarrell
Dauphin
Phillips
Schuylkill
Representative Front
Mercer
H. J. Culbertson
Mifflin
Everett Warren
Lackawanna
Williams’ Grove
Corporation Bob backs Democratic Auditor General candidate
The Scranton Times notes Democratic candidate Wright for Auditor General is retained by numerous powerful firms. Major backers include Lehigh Valley Railroad, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, East Pennsylvania Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Trenton Railroad, Perkiomen Railroad, Thomas Iron, Crane Iron, Bethlehem Iron, Allentown Rolling Mills, Allentown Iron, and several banks. The piece calls Wright “Corporation Bob” and questions protection of farmers and taxpayers against corporate power.
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Wright
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
East Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey
Trenton Railroad Company
Perkiomen Railroad Company
Thomas Iron Company
Catasauqua
Crane Iron Company
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Iron Company
Allentown Rolling Mills Company
Allentown Iron Company
Pennsylvania Is All Right, Too
In a Republican year the piece notes New York and Massachusetts push for change. The Boston News frames the era as one where success is a duty and urges political turnover as part of the push.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
Boston News
No Faltering of Duty in McAlpin Address
CAPT John W. Morrison notes President McAlpin urges no faltering in duty. The address, issued to the Republican League of New York, extols the vantage ground won in the present political conflict as securing success in the coming presidential election. Republicans in Pennsylvania share the same patriotic resolve.
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McAlpin
Republican League of New York
Pennsylvania
Union
Two Kinds of Reciprocity in 19th Century Debate
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette contrasts Republican and Democratic trade ideas. It argues farmers prosper under Republican policy as US ports stay open to foreign goods while maintaining fair access for American products, claiming Democratic free ports would harm farms and factories.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Kansas
Ohio
Iowa
Chicago Tribune
New York Recorder
Milwaukee Sentinel
Norwich Bulletin
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
United States
R. Q. Mills
Mills
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Manchester Guardian
Philadelphia
Boston Morning Journal
Buncombe
New York Democrats
New York Press
Brazil
Le High Republicans Attack Wright At County Meeting
A Lehigh Republican meeting condemned Democratic candidate Wright as an active corporate agent. They accused his bank of diverting funds from the state treasury, causing county losses. The clash sparked by Governor Pattison’s objections to Wright’s nomination.
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Lehigh
Wright
Pattison
Watres comments on Fasset idea at Republican HQ
Chairman Watres motions in his chair at the Republican state headquarters as he reads a speech by the New York gubernatorial candidate denouncing Democratic bosses Murphy Sheehan and Crocker. He praises the idea of first enthusiasm, then registering and casting a vote.
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Groner
Roor
Chicago
St. Petersburg
Empire
V. Semenofr
Tennyson
Freshwater
Moore
Berlin
Soldiers Indignant Over Soldier Racket Remarks at Democratic Convention
Major Denniston and General Gregg lead veterans in protest after Captain Skinner’s remarks at the Democratic state convention. Denniston denounces Skinner as a career politician who betrayed comrades. Philadelphia G A R ex-commander Beath notes strong support for Gregg and Morrison among soldiers in Pittsburgh.
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General Gregg
Captain Morrison
Denniston
Grand Army
Gregg
Morrison
Skinner
Union
Major Denniston
Harrisburg
West Point
Corporation
Wright
Robert B. Beath
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
McKinley Tariff Opinions Span Major Papers
The selection surveys reactions to the McKinley tariff across several papers, noting mixed tones from Democratic editors and protective stance supporters. It highlights price trends, sugar costs, and foreign trade impacts alongside a reminiscence of Mills’ Ohio tour and a look at the sight draft system.
Blaine Praised as Pennsylvania's Distinguished Son
The Republican State Platform commends James G. Blaine for his superb diplomacy as U S Secretary of State. It credits him with electrifying Americans, earning foreign respect for the United States flag, and opening commercial gates abroad. The platform reaffirms Pennsylvania Republicans loyalty and devotion to Blaine.
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Commonwealth
State Department
Pennsylvania
James G. Blaine
Rise of the Fittest in Social Strata Across History
The piece argues that the rise of the fittest has driven leadership and social mobility since Noah’s time. It cites hereditary cycles, revolts, and the French Revolution as demonstrations of merit prevailing over unworthy rulers. It notes class barriers in Russia and Britain and praises skilled workers who can elevate their families into higher circles.
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Russia
United Kingdom
N. Y. Ledger
Mixed Global Notes From Ports to Parlays
Reports describe a string driven wash in Japan, colonial concessions by decree, Stockholm telephone rents, pigs as urban scavengers in Sicily, German river swimming bans, a Paris frost damage survey, and extensive tulary garden tree losses from last winter.
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Japan
Oue
French Superior Colonial Council
Stockholm
Sweden
Sicily
Germany
Paris
Tuileries Gardens
Frankincense and Myrrh From Eastern Trees
A Star reporter summarizes frankincense and myrrh as gum resins from trees. Frankincense grows mainly in Arabia and parts of India with ancient trade and ritual use, while myrrh comes from southwestern Asia via Berbera fairs with traders to Europe and China. The piece notes medicinal and illumination uses and mentions a royal Epiphany offering since Edward I.
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Star
Arabia
India
Adel
Hatasa
Arabian
Red Sea
Darius
Babylon
Bel
China
Asia
Uud
Berbera
Bombay
Aden
Europe
Great Britain
Chapel Royal
London
Edward I
Washington Star
California Offers Five Dollar Coyote Scalp Bounty
California proposes a five dollar bounty on coyote scalps prompting neighboring territories to flock to the trade. The move reflects regional scarcity of money and rising export activity as locals respond to the bounty.
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Arctic Ocean
San Francisco
Massachusetts
United States
New York
Charleston
Hoboken
New Orleans
Asia
California
World notes on longon life and global trivia
Random 1900 era items cover literacy in Bulgaria sunlit Sundays in Lonpon bread consumption in Turkey sultanate theater plaques in Paris and population myths. It mentions London deaths among children under ten and a ten story Cecil hotel rumor. Russia’s oldest inhabitant is 124 year old Nitchinorenko of Belgorod. A Mexican rock supposedly signals weather by color changes.
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Lonpon
Bulgaria
Turkey
Paris
London
Cecil Hotel
Russia
Nitchinorenko
Belgorod
Mexico
Local Sewing Machines for Cash or Easy Payment
Selling domest ic and Wilson sewing machines cheap for cash or easy payments. Call or visit 112 East Water Street Warren Pa to compare before buying elsewhere. Also an ad for Downs Elixir stating thousands avoid dire consequences today.
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Wilson
East Waterstreet
Warren
F. A. Cogswell
Impersonalities in Odd Notices and Local Facts
A Boston stamp collector owns 12 545 stamps. a Richlandp girl in Missouri suffers hiccups fourteen hours daily for nearly a month. A New South Wales clergyman reports 21 of 117 marriages in a year woke him later than 11 pm. A French mechanic commits suicide after losing the urge to drink. A Moravia Kansas pastor entertains with a sermon followed by a text guessing game. A Norwich Kansas farmer loses an entire wheat crop to theft, grain thrashed and sold for 1000 dollars. his remote home hampered pursuit.
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Boston
Richanp
New South Wales
Methodist
Moravia
Kan
Norwich
Humorous Bits on Marriage and Money From Old Papers
Snappy snippets from early 20th century papers reveal marital quips about speaking, scores in domestic life, and money woes. Jests feature a wife silencing her husband, a lampooned husband hiding his light, and a costly mourning order, all with newspaper tone and brisk banter.
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Dorfarbier
Batsby
Baltimore
N. Y. Herald
Old Sleek
N. Y
King of Sweden gifts New Sweden library in Maine
The king presented New Sweden, Maine, with a fine library. The Bodleian holds half a million volumes and adds 120 daily. Europe and U.S. public libraries total about 71,000,000 volumes. Massachusetts has 248 towns with free libraries, plus 108 towns aided. Paris reports a glut of novels with 45,000 copies returned and another publisher with 8,000,000 volumes unsold.
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Sweden
New Sweden
Toe Bodleian
Europe
Tus
Union Pacific Road
Massachusetts
Paris
Figures from public life and natural history
A survey of varied data includes 20 000 stamp kinds, 455 302 immigrants in 1890, US wealth at 62 610 000 000, Jewish city estimates of 80 000 to 100 000, 4 500 bee species, 1 100 wasps species in Britain, 28 642 in money and 1 471 871 in checks in dead letter, and debt figures for New York City 100 000 000 Philadelphia 56 000 000 Chicago 13 545 400.
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United States
N. Y. Sun
Britain
New York City
Philadelphia
Chicago
Commercial Interests in 19th Century Trade Flows
The article notes Russia Serbia coal oil trade as a principal export. It reports a 50 percent rise in Shipbuilders' union membership after mail steamer subsidy law. Mount Clemens Michigan supplies frogs logs with hunters earning 3 to 4 dollars daily. It mentions proposed St Petersburg Havre steamship link to boost Russia France trade. Congo state trade grows with exports rising from 1 980 441 to 5 242 199 francs and imports at 12 720 000 francs in recent years.
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Russia
Serbia
Mount Clemens
Michigan
Tur
Imperial Property
St. Petersburg
Havre
France
Congo
Economic and Cultural Quotation Highlights Across Nations
The Washington mill produced 69 million feet of lumber in 1889. The British Museum drew 530172 visitors last year, about a seventh in the evening. Westminster House of Parliament cost 17500000, Whitehall Foreign Office 2750000, Record Office 600000. The British Empire in India spans 1486819 square miles with a population near 260,009,000.
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Washington
British Museum
Westminster
Foreign Office
Whitehall
Record Office
India
Europe
Russia
Not "Up" on Shakespeare and Coffin Vandalism Tale
A Newark man has habitually slept on decaying coffins in a churchyard vault. A well dressed lady asks a western bookstore for Shakespeare's Hiawatha mistaking Longfellow for Shakespeare. The salesman explains no such title exists and offers two editions of the poetical and prose works.
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Longfellow
S Weekly
Newark
N. J
In the Piazza Moonlit Proposal Reveals Secret
In a Somerville Journal passage a couple shares a quiet moonlit moment in the piazza. He asks her to wed and names a wedding date, only to learn she herself was engaged to Jack the previous night in the same place.
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Jack
Verses of maidens, timothy fields, and advertising verse
A trio of brief verse items appears. Clara J. Denton credits Harper’s Young People with a playful contrast about two maids. Timothy the boy wanders beside a green field stirred by breeze and cows under a bright sky. A satirical poem on advertising ends with the line about the Normandie by the Sea and the dependence on printers ink.
Electric Power and Photographic Advances Open New Frontiers
The article notes electric light and power used in nearly forty mines with rapid expansion predicted. It mentions electro photography could capture distant views, telegraph work in South Africa advancing, and electric links connecting Savage Africa to civilization. Also mentions the Atlantic cable’s electrostatic resistance slowing current and a proposed electric railway to Mount Wilson with a world’s largest telescope drawing tourists.
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South Africa
Savage Africa
Atlantic
Europe
Pasadena
Cal
Mount Wilson
Queer notes in court and odd vagrancy cases
A New York appellate court upholds a note payable sixty days after death against the maker’s estate. In Minneapolis a vagrant arraigned was defended by a retained lawyer. In England a Jersey fisherman was rescued from rising tides and jailed eight days for the trouble. A London magistrate sends a man to seven days for sleeping in a stable with owner’s permission.
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New York
Minneapolis
Amman
Jersey
Eng
Llorncastle
Rich man and church giving urged in Ram's Horn quote
A Ram's Horn remark criticizes the stingy who withhold funds in religious life. It contrasts preaching prayer with providing for church upkeep and graveyard fences, highlighting the duty of generosity among well-to-do members.
Paris Drives New Tar Teeth Industry For Horses
Tar manufacture of false teeth for horses grows in Paris with capital of 2,000,000 francs. Dentists note tartar accumulates more in nervous individuals. One Egyptian king mummy shows upper false teeth with a wooden plate and brass studs.
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Paris
Royal Baking Powder Endorsements Highlight Purity and Quality
A period advertisment promotes Royal Baking Powder for baking powder use, claiming purity and reliable performance. Miss Maria Parlor is quoted praising the product as superior and consistent in making foods lighter and tastier.
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H. Meacham
Justice of the Peace
Warren, Pa
Cornelius
Front Street
Attorney At Law
Allen Block
Bagnall
D. Y
Chicago Veterinary College
Warren County
Liberty St. Warren
Eres & Trunkey
Attorneys At Law
Judge Scofield
Liberty Street
J. HW
Donly
Www
G. Trunkey
R & HJ. KE. Brown
First National Bank
Warren, Ja
J. A. Partridge
New Waters Block
Llen
Higgins & Allen
Corner Second and
Liberty Streets
Orren
Allen
George H. Higgins
Harrison Allen
Arren Hotel
Knupp & Co
Liberty
Rk & Schnur
Hazeltine Building
W. W. Wilbur
WM. Schnur
Cable & Peterson
Scofield Block
Water Street
C. Dinsmoor
Jas, Cable
C. A. Peterson
M J. Walkerman
Oneida
Udlow
Agquerr
Market
Second Streets
Third Street
M. EB
Church
J W. Dunkle, Fe
Lac
Waters’ Block
W W. Freeman
Hazelline
Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer
Verback Block
W A. Greaves
Ff. Bole
Wright Block
Centre St
Corry, Pa
Bowman & Bole
Lair
Hoffman Block
Beaty Block, Ty 1
Wall, Co
C. Thompson
Peer Lindsey & Parmleer
Odice
Johnson’s Exchange
S. . Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
J. C. Parmlee
H. $. Thomas
Third St
Golden Specific CO
Sole Proprietors
Cincinnati
Morris & Mullen
Pitcher’s Castoria
Railroad Guide
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
Irvineton
Tidioute
Tionesta
Oil City
Oil City Express
W.S. Leffard
Beir
J. A. Fellows
Exchange St
Buffalo
N.Y
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Tiona
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Wolf Ru
leavesSheffield
Wolf Run
Pell
Jerry Crary
L. D. Wetmore
M. Beecher
Cashier
Penn’a
England
Ireland
Scotland
National Line of Tron
Liverpool
Queenstown
Pore
Hamburg
Bremen
Gothenburg
Christania
Copenhagen
GEO. Ball's Store
J. K. Ronne
Thekory St
State League of Republican
Dalzell
Robinson
Media
Scranton
Republican Party
Repulican
Mercer County
Mount Carmel
Northumberland County
Coatesville
Chester County
Watsk
Saairman Watres
Auditor General
David M’murtrie Gregg
BOB
John W. Morrison
Burchard
The
Dentists’ Protective Association
Mrs. T. Party
Miss Warbler
N. C. Allen
Clara J. Denton
Harper's Young People
Timothy
Helen G. Cone
St. Nicholas
Normandie-by-the-Sea
Willet F. Cook
Printers’ Inn
Man
Heaven
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